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Air carrier aircraft evacuate/evacuationed when flight crew is unable to extinguish an apparent engine fire warning signal. Crew fired 2 bottles with no effect. Possible false warning.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 371312 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199706 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : stl |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | ATR 42 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 3250 flight time type : 1600 |
| ASRS Report | 371312 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Aircraft on ground detected fire loop. Pulled fire handle, light did not extinguish. Discharged second bottle, did not extinguish. Evacuate/evacuationed aircraft, notified ATC. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that the aircraft was an ATR42. Postflt inspection failed to reveal any signs of a fire. It was presumed that the incident was a false warning. The forward passenger door aircraft stairs were used in the evacuate/evacuation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR ACFT EVACED WHEN FLC IS UNABLE TO EXTINGUISH AN APPARENT ENG FIRE WARNING SIGNAL. CREW FIRED 2 BOTTLES WITH NO EFFECT. POSSIBLE FALSE WARNING.
Narrative: ACFT ON GND DETECTED FIRE LOOP. PULLED FIRE HANDLE, LIGHT DID NOT EXTINGUISH. DISCHARGED SECOND BOTTLE, DID NOT EXTINGUISH. EVACED ACFT, NOTIFIED ATC. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE ACFT WAS AN ATR42. POSTFLT INSPECTION FAILED TO REVEAL ANY SIGNS OF A FIRE. IT WAS PRESUMED THAT THE INCIDENT WAS A FALSE WARNING. THE FORWARD PAX DOOR ACFT STAIRS WERE USED IN THE EVAC.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.